Graham
The recommended method to tighten the nut is not to lock up the engine
but to rely on the friction and inertia of the internal parts. There are
official service tools that are heavy and fit over the nut like a normal
ring spanner but at the other end they have a large flat area than is to
be hit with a hammer.
The service tool for the 100 is 18G96 - Starting Nut Spanner - and I am
pretty certain that this is the same for a BJ8.
I don't have one of these myself but I do have a very heavy old spanner
that I keep for this purpose. Even with an engine out of the car and not
locked in any way a good whack hardly turns the engine at all but the
nut comes up nice and tight.
Regards
>
>The large cranknut in front of the damper and pulley on my 29K series
>engine is a bit loose and requires tightening. (The lock tab on the
>washer beneath the cranknut hadn't been properly bent over the flat on
>the cranknut). With the radiator and fan removed I can get onto the
>cranknut with a 1-11/16" open ender, but the trouble is that the engine
>turns when I try to nip it up, even with the car in gear.
>
>Would somebody please tell me if there is any way I can safely lock up
>the engine, to enable me to properly tighten the cranknut?
--
John Harper
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